See attached picture. The horn button on my car should be painted black, save for the raised letters and two semi circle lines. Does anyone know a good shop for doing this sort of thing? Brush work on this is not going to cut it. It needs sprayed, but I have no idea how to achieve the look required, nor the tools to make it happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I do such things in following way - you spray paint it, like normal, then, when paint is still fresh, i grab ear cotton sticks (i don't know the name of it, sorry, english is not my native language , you probably know what i'm talking about), and then I carefully remove paint from raised areas.
The hot ticket if you can find it (and own an airbrush) is 'monument paint'. This used on gravestones, plaques, that sort of thing. With a higher solids content and ability to weather, one thin even coat will just about duplicate the stock finish... and wear like it.
If they are pressed into the hub and raised, wet rub everything down and then etch prime. A light guide coat of black paint and wet rub again, only enough to remove the dust coat. Be careful not to rub through on the edges before drying and spraying white base coat allowing it to dry. Then comes the next part, wet rub again and then spray black over the white base coat and allow to dry. Then carefully wet rub the pressings with a rubber block and fine wet & dry (800 or 1200), just enough to remove the black top coat where the pressings are. This will then reveal the white base coat. The white will appear with crisp edges if carefully rubbed. Spray with clear and voila, it's done.
tape a couple new paper towels to the work bench, lightly spray the button black. whie the paint is still wet roll the raised surfaces on the paper towel to remove the paint. repeat until the desired black finish is obtained, using a clean spot on the towels each time. clean and detail if necessary.
Just buy some rubber cement and paint the raised areas with the rubber cement, then spray it ( rattle can will work) when you are done painting peel the rubber cement off.
you are making sense painting and sanding it risks making a dogs bollox of it.the patina will be gone forever
Watercolor painters use masking fluid to mask out areas. Goes on smooth with a small brush. Never used it in your type of application but worth a try on a test piece. Sold in small bottles through art supply stores.
i was under the impression "dogs Bollocks" was something briliant. as in: "Linda Vauhns Bristols are the dogs bollocks"
Rubber cement works as does masking fluid, but Vaseline applied carefully with a Q-tip will accomplish the same thing. Let the paint dry thoroughly then wipe it off.
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